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Gnr. William John Jordan
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kilbowie
(d.4th Nov 1917)
William John Jordan was a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery. (formerly of the Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery). Born in Jarrow in 1884, he was aged 33 when he died on 4th November 1917. He lived in Clydebank and was the son of Mary Jane McLeod (formerly Jordan nee Wilkinson) of II Gordon Street Kilbowie and the late Arthur James Jordan (one time Librarian in Mechanics Institute Jarrow). He enlisted in Dunbarton.
William is buried in Kilbowie Cemetery.
Pte. William Brinley "Brin" Jordan
British Army 9th Btn Welsh Regiment
from:Swansea, Wales
(d.2nd Aug 1917)
My Grandfather, who was always known as Brin Jordan, was killed on the 2nd of August 1917. According to the letter I have that his Commanding Officer wrote to my Grandmother, he was killed by a shell that cost them several brave lads. He was buried in the field the next day by his comrades so has no known grave. His name is on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Pte. William Robert Jordan
British Army 6th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment
(d.16th Oct 1917)
William Robert Jordan was my Great-Grandfather. He was fatally injured at Monchy-le-Preux in France on the 14th October 1917. He subsequently died of his wounds two days later at a field station on the 16th, and was interred at the Duisans British Cemetary at Etrun.
His remaining grandson, great and great-great grandchildren and their families, all attended the field, near Monchy-le-Preux, one hundred years to the minute after the start of the British raid at 16.30hrs, in which he was mortally wounded by German aircraft following the successful attack on German lines.
Pte William G Jordan
British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.25th March 1916)
Pte. Norman Arthur Jorgensen
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Aust Division 37th Btn.
from:Chewton, Victoria
(d.8th Jun 1917)
Norman was my great uncle and I'm afraid I know little about him other that what I have obtained from the AWM records. He was a carpenter before joining up. He sailed to France of SS Persic, arriving 3.6.1916 and died on 8.6.1917 He was killed by an exploding shell and is believed to be buried in a grave in Steenverck Road in Belgium close to the Australian CCS. When I visited a few years ago,I found 5 graves in a civilian cemetery there, all marked, An Unknown Australian Soldier. His name is on the missing plaque at the Menin Gate Memorial.
Emlyn Joseph
British Army 129th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Gareth Ioan Emlyn Joseph
British Army 2nd Welsh Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Maestag, South Wales
Gareth Joseph is my great grandfather. He served in the Welsh Field Ambulance at Gallipoli. He was tragically killed in 1926 in a coal mine in South Wales.
Pte. Joseph Benjamin Josephs
South African Forces 1st Cape Corp
from:Stellenbosch, Cape Province
(d.4th September 1917)
Private Josephs was the Son of Jan and Clara Josephs, of Senitzky's Cottages, Banhoek Rd., Stellenbosch, Cape Province.
He was 20 and is buried in the Stellenbosch Rhenish Church Mission Cemetery, Western Cape, South Africa
Pte. Benjamen Josey
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Berkshire
from:Jesse Terrace, Coley, Reading
(d.26th Oct 1918)
My great uncle on my mother's side of the family was Benjamen Josey, born in 1896, home address Coley, Reading. The 1911 census shows him as a 15 year old tin maker maybe at the biscuit factory in Reading.
He was a private in the Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire Regiment service no 200293. He was wounded in the head at the Somme and died of his wounds in a war hospital in Reading in 1918 - I believe this to be so as his name is listed on the screen wall at the old Reading Cemetery Wokingham Road, Reading. I found this by chance from a visit there. I have no other information at all, but a photo exists in the family which I am trying to locate.
2nd Lt. Fred Jotcham
British Army 4th Special Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.27th September 1918)
Pte. Herbert Jotcham
British Army 2nd (North Midland) Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.21st Oct 1917)
L/Cpl. William Jotcham
British Army 12th (Bermondsey) Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:London/Wotton-under-Edge
(d.25th March 1918)
William Jotcham came originally from Wotton-under-Edge. He was one of four brothers serving in WW1 - the others being Herbert, Fred and George. Only George was to survive.
William moved to London in his early 20s and married Agnes Croft. He lived at Caernarfon Road, Woodford Green and had one daughter (my mother Olive, born in 1914). He saw action in France and Belgium serving as a signaller.
He was involved in the Somme battles at Fricourt and Fleurs in 1916 and also Mametz Wood. He was also with his battalion in the Ypres Salient, but was sent back to Blighty to Aldershot Hospital suffering from cerebro spinal fever caught in the trenches. He recovered and returned to France but on 21st March a great German offensive opened and the 12th East Surrey Battalion moved from Halloy to Savoy Camp.
On 22nd March they moved towards the front line north east of Sapignies. Later that day they took up their places in the front line on the Baupaume-Vraucourt Road. They remained in the front line for three days, being continually shelled by the Germans and also undergoing aircraft fire. On the night of 24th March they had to dig new trenches but were attacked soon after dawn on 25th suffering severe losses. At this time William Jotcham was killed. He was reported missing in May after a six-week period.
It took more than a year before his parents were formally informed that the army authorities had concluded that he had died in action. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial for the Missing, Bay D.
His brother Herbert had already died of wounds in October 1917 - he was serving in the Royal Army Medical Crps (1/2 North Midland Field Ambulance) and suffered severe injuries when a bomb fell on the hospital where he was serving. Despite undergoing surgery he died within 24 hours, being buried in Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France, Plot 2, Row D, Grave D1.
William and Hertbert's other brother, 2nd Lt. Fred Jotcham, served in the Royal Engineers, 4th Special Company. Wounded in 1915 he recovered and returned to active service only to die of subsequent wounds on 27th September 1918 - a terrible blow to his parents Frederick and Elizabeth Jotcham who had still not received formal confirmation of the death of William in March of the same year.
Capt. Eustace Jotham VC
British Indian Army 51st Sikhs
from:Cambridge,
(d.7th Jan 1915)
Eustace Jotham was killed in action on 07/01/1915, Aged 31 and is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial (Indian Gate) in India. He was buried in Miranshar Cemetery, North Waziristan.). He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary G. A. Jotham, of Millington Rd., Cambridge
An extract from Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 23rd July, 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley). During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen Capt. Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia, was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse."
Capt. Eustace Jotham VC
51st Sikhs (Frontier Force),
from:Cambridge
(d.7th Jan 1915)
Eustace Jotham was killed in action on 7th January 1915, aged 31 and is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial Indian Gate in India. He is buried in Miranshar Cemetery in North Waziristan. He was the son of Frederick Charles and Mary G. A. Jotham, of Millington Rd., Cambridge.
An extract from Supplement to the London Gazette, dated 23rd July, 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery on 7th January, 1915, at Spina Khaisora (Tochi Valley). During operations against the Khostwal tribesmen Capt. Jotham, who was commanding a party of about a dozen of the North Waziristan Militia, was attacked in a nullah and almost surrounded by an overwhelming force of some 1,500 tribesmen. He gave the order to retire and could have himself escaped, but most gallantly sacrificed his own life by attempting to effect the rescue of one of his men who had lost his horse."
Pte. J. Joubert
South African Army 20th Mounted Rifles
(d.13th April 1915)
Private Joubert was the Son of Mr. D. B. and Mrs. B. Joubert.
He is buried in the Cypherput Farm Cemetery, Phillipstown, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Pte. Jan Ludwig Francois Joubert
South African Army 17th Mounted Rifles (Western Province Mounted Rifl
(d.7th October 1914)
Private Joubert is buried in the Rietvlei Farm Cemetery, Montague, Western Cape, South Africa
Lt.Col. Henry Jourdain
British Army 5th Btn. Connaught Rangers
from:Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Pte. Francis Meshack Jowett
British Army 1/4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.28th Oct 1918)
Francis Meshack Jowett served with the 1/4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) during WW1 and died as a Prisoner of War on the 28th October 1918. He is buried in the Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Germany, He lived on Mosley Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. Francis Meshack Jowett
British Army 1/4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Mosley Street, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.28th Oct 1918)
Francis Jowett died as a Prisoner of War on 28th of October 1918 and is buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany.
nurse Kathleen Mary Jowett
South African Military Nursing Service Military Hospital Maitland
from:Rhodesia
Kathleen Jowett served as a nurse for just under a year, she was released from service shortly after marrying Sjt Major Clennell. She requested a discharge to accompany him when he was posted to Kimberley.
Pte. Ernest Jowle
British Army 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Wadsley, Sheffield
Ernest Jowle was posted from 7th Btn. to 2nd Btn. Yorks and Lancs on 24/6/18 and was wounded in action on 24/9/18.
Trpr. Walter Jowsey
British Army Royal Field Artillery
Trooper Jowsey was a prisoner at Friedrichfeld POW Camp.
David H. Joy
British Army 1st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
My Grandfather David H Joy served with 1st Field Ambulance, RAMC. His brother Patrick served with 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and was killed in action soon after this photograph was taken, at Mons on the 23rd of August 1914
Rflmn. George Henry Joy
British Army 17th (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) Btn., B Company London Regiment
from:St Stephens Road, Bow
(d.9th Jan 1917)
My grand uncle George Joy was born in the parish of Old Ford, Bow, London in 1897. His father, William Nicholas Joy, was a boot maker. His mother, Elizabeth Margaret Joy, was a fur sewer in the family business. At the outbreak of war four brothers enlisted in 17th Battalion London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles). The recruiting station was at Tredegar Road, close to their home on St Stephens Road. The oldest was William, then Thomas, followed by John, the youngest able to enlist was George. My grandfather Fred was only eight years old at that time. He enlisted in Royal Artillery in 1924 and served until 1953.
3697 Rifleman George Henry Joy was wounded by trench mortar fire while in the line near Ypres with B Company of 17th Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar & Stepney Rifles). He was evacuated to the casualty clearing station at Remy Sidings, but he subsequently died of his wounds on 9th January 1917. He was nineteen years old. He is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery near Poperinge, Belgium. He is also commemorated on the 1914-1918 memorial at the Church of St Paul on St Stephens Road, Bow, London with the men of the parish who fell.
Pte. John Joy
British Army Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
from:Dewsbury, Yorkshire
(d.5th May 1915)
L/Cpl. Patrick Joy
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:43, Princes Rd., Teddington, Middx.
(d.23rd Aug 1914)
My Great Uncle Patrick Joy served with 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers and was killed in action soon after this photograph was taken, at Mons on the 23rd of August 1914, he was 21 years old. My Grandfather David H Joy served with 1st Field Ambulance, RAMC.
Alfred Joyce
British Army 5th Btn. London Regiment
from:Grimsthorpe
My Grandfather Alfred Joyce who has the badge of the 5th Battalion London Regiment on his cap. Before the war he was in the Lincolnshires, having been born in Grimsthorpe, but changed to the 5th Londons although I have no idea when. We are led to believe he was wounded twice at Ypres and was transferred back to Bourne. However we cannot yet find any records other than a possible Medal Index card with National Archives.
Editor's Note: He is possibly recorded on a Medal Card as being with the 5th and 28th Battalions. If this card is correct he would not have been in Action until 1916 as only the British War and Victory medals are awarded. The 1914/15 Star was only awarded to those actually stationed in a war zone during 1914 and 1915. 5th Battalion were on the Western Front from November 1914 and the 28th Battalion from October 1914. The 28th was part of an Officers Training Base Unit for most of the war at Baillieul and St Omer. It eventually joined the 63rd Naval Division.
Pte. Arthur George Joyce
British Army 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.15th Feb 1915)
Arthur George Joyce served with the 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, he was aged 30 who died on 15th February 1915. He was born in Twickenham Middlesex in 1884, the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Joyce of 4 Enmore Villas 4th Cross Road Twickenham Middlesex. He was the husband of Amy Ada Joyce (nee Bourne) of 118 The Crescent Monkton Jarrow. On the 1911 census Arthur George Joyce age 26 Jobbing Gardener is listed as living with his wife Amy Ada Joyce and children at 2 Albion Road, Twickenham . He enlisted in Richmond Surrey.
Arthur is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Col.Sgt. Benjamin Joyce
Royal Marine Light Infantry
(d.15th Feb 1915)
My grandfather, Ben Joyce, lost his life when HMS Clan McNaughton (a 4985 ton passenger cargo vessel, built in 1911 and requisitioned November 1914 from the Clan Line Steamers Ltd, Glasgow) was last heard of on 3rd February 1915. Wreckage was later found in the area and Clan McNaughton was presumed sunk with the 281 strong crew. He was a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines. He was 39 at the time of his death. I know nothing more about the circumstances of his death.
Rflmn. Edward Joyce
British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:14 Bryant Place, Islington, North London
(d.1st December 1917)
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